(2013-2014: Quarter 3)


*Download the Student Packet and save to your Documents folder or Desktop.
(Follow along with Ms. Villwock if you need assistance downloading/saving)


Unit 1: My Media
EQ: What are you personal media habits, and how much time do you spend with different forms of media?
EU: Students will be able to...
  1. Assess how much time they spend with media activities
  2. Record and compare the time they spend with different forms of digital media (cell phone, Internet, etc.) and in different activities (texting, posting, and watching or creating videos).
  3. Formulate a viewpoint on the role that digital media plays in their lives


My Media Activity:
  1. Log in to your CPS Email account and open your Drive.
  2. Create a new document and title it My Media Log.
  3. Record, for 4 minutes, every time to use a digital media device.

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Open the Student Packet and scroll to page 5 - My Media Log



(2013-2014: Quarter 1)

Identifying High-Quality Sites

When can you trust what you find on the Internet?

Hurricane Sandy photo album

Vocabulary
Publish - to present a finished piece of work to the public.
Trustworthy - accurate and dependable
Evaluate - to carefully examine something to figure out its value
Criteria - standards on which you base a judgment

Site Preview
1. Wikipedia: Year-round School
2. PBS NewsHour: Year-Round School Commits to Students from Middle School to Last Day of College
3. About.com: Year-Round Education: Pros and Cons
4. Family Education: Year-Round Schooling
5. The National Association of Year-Round Education
6. Stop Year-Round School
7. The New York Times: "Classes the Year Round Pass the Test for Many"

You and a partner will be assigned one of the site above. Use the Identifying High-Quality Sites worksheet to evaluate the website and see if it is a reliable and useful source of information on the subject of Year-Round Education.



Internet Resources and Credibility


URL = Uniform Resource Locator

Domain: Part of the web address between http://www and the first /.

Example: http://www.mvcc.edu/ In this address, the domain is mvcc.edu
where “mvcc” is the host name and “.edu” is the domain it falls under.

  1. Download and complete the Domain Worksheet below.
  2. Email the completed worksheet to Ms. Villwock. Don't forget a subject!



Strategic Searching

What steps can help you find what you're looking for when you search online?

Key Vocabulary
effective: achieving a desired goal or result
efficient: doing something in a way that saves you time and energy
strategy: a course of actin designed to help you reach a specific goal or result







Assessment

  1. Download the Strategic Searching Assessment
  2. Send Ms. Villwock an email answering the 3 questions on the assessment.
*Don't forget a subject in your email*